Long-term care facilities approach 80% worker flu vaccination rate after handing power to regional pharmacy,...
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 18, 2014
Fourteen long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania dramatically increased their staff flu vaccination rate by having a regional pharmacy take over the process, according to a report issued Thursday by...
Trouble with success
By
John O'Connor
Apr 01, 2014
As my dear mother used to say, it’s a rare cloud that doesn’t offer some kind of silver lining.
Hospice co-owner charged with upcoding, obstruction
By
Julie Williamson
Mar 01, 2014
An Illinois hospice company owner was charged with Medicare and Medicaid fraud after allegedly falsifying levels of care.
Authorities arrest nine nursing home workers in New York, bring criminally negligent homicide charges
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 12, 2014
Workers at a Long Island nursing home consistently neglected residents, leading to at least one death, while the facility’s owners pocketed $60 million in Medicaid payments meant for resident care,...
Design Decisions: Hitting the right notes
By
Dave Surico
Feb 01, 2014
Company’s first big construction project overcomes challenges and plays on Nashville region’s tastes for music, art and local attractions
Nursing home does not need Supreme Court intervention to avoid birth control mandate, feds say
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 06, 2014
The federal government defended the Affordable Care Act’s so-called “contraception mandate” Friday in a Supreme Court filing against a Catholic long-term care provider. The ACA requires...
I saw the (nursing home) sign part II: Trouble in Goffstown
By
Tim Mullaney
Dec 17, 2013
A small-town conflict over signage has pitted a New Hampshire nursing home against its neighbors — and might suggest some larger trends in long-term care.
Woman with dementia, comatose nursing home resident shot in possible ‘mercy killings’
By
Tim Mullaney
Dec 12, 2013
Police arrested a man in connection with the shooting deaths of his wife, who had dementia, and his sister, who was in a coma at a nursing home, authorities in Los Angeles announced Wednesday.
State News
Dec 01, 2013
NORTH CAROLINA — A citizen advocacy group called the N.C. Senior Tar Heel Legislature wants state lawmakers to address the number of certified nursing assistants in long-term care facilities.
Ambulette driver faces homicide charges in death of nursing home resident
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 18, 2013
A former medical transport driver has been indicted for criminally negligent homicide related to the death of a nursing home resident, the New York Attorney General’s office announced Friday.